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19 Cards in this Set
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-gaia
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-the greek name for the earth goddess
-the gaia principle holds that the earth is a single united organism |
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-ganja
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-rastafarian word for marijuana
-smoked ritually by some members of the movement |
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-goddess
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-in wicca, the principal deity, manifested as maiden, mother, and crone
-her power is called upon in wiccan rituals |
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-gohonzon
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-"personal worship object" used by members of soka gakkai to help them meditate on the truths of the lotus sutra
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-gospel
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-the christian proclamation of the "good news" of salvation through jesus christ
-also, a literary term for writings that narrate this proclamation as expressed in the life, death, and resurrection of jesus |
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-grace
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-in christianity, refers to the free gift of salvation through jesus christ
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-guru
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-a spiritual teacher
-in sikhism, a leader of the religion |
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-guru adi granth
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-the sikh sacred text
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-hadith
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-arabic "speech, news, event"
-refers to narratives of what the prophet muhammad said, did, or was like when he established the first muslim community in medina -after the qur'an, the major source for determining sharia |
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-haggadah
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-hebrew term referring to an interpretation of the tanak that is homiletical rather than legal in nature
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-hajj
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-the pilgrimage to mecca which every muslim must try to make at least once during his or her life
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-halakah
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-hebrew "to walk, go, follow"
-term used in judaism to designate an authoritative instruction on the way a jew seeking to be obedient to God should act |
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-hasidism
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-jewish movement that began in eighteenth century europe, which emphasizes the joy of following the torah
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-hijab
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-in islam, head coverings worn by women in keeping with the qur'an's admonition of modest dress
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-hijra
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-arabic "emigration"
-the emigration of the prophet muhammad from mecca to medina in 622 -muslims date their calendars from this event |
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-holocaust
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-mass killing of approximately six million jews in europe by the german nazis during world war 2
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-high god
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-in indigenous religions, a deity who is responsible for creating the world, but who then withdraws
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-horned god
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-in wicca, the male god, associated with the sun
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-iblis
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-in islam, a name for satan, who is considered to be the personification of evil and chief of the jinn
-he rules over hell until judgment day, after having been banished from heaven for his disobedience to God |
